Below is a photo gallery of some of the baptisms and confirmations that took place in ELCIR congregations on Easter Sunday March 31, 2024. … [Read more...]
Artur Soitu continues to share Gospel in song on regional TV show
The ELCIR continues to maintain its presence in Russian mass media. The indigenous-language broadcast office of GTRK Karelia goes on with the series of TV music programs where Petrozavodsk musician Artur Soitu performs Christian songs and shares his faith in God. The shows are shot at the Lutheran Church of Kondopoga, Karelia, in the Finnish … [Read more...]
Church ministers go on retreat with Bishop Laptev in Kudama
From November 7-9, 2023, ELCIR ministers gathered for a retreat with Bishop Ivan Laptev in Kudama, Karelia. The retreat was organized by Holy Spirit Lutheran Church, Petrozavodsk, Karelia. The program included Bible studies taught by Bishop Laptev, prayer together and outdoor activities. The team also visited Martial Waters, Russia's first … [Read more...]
ELCIR Lutherans join fellow-Christians to read Scripture out loud together
On September 16, 2023, Blagaya Vest Prayer House of evangelical Christians in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, hosted an interdenominational event—Reading the Bible Out Loud Together. Ministers from seven Christian churches took turns reading the Epistle of St. James and the three Epistles of St. John. After reading Scripture, everyone prayed the Lord’s … [Read more...]
ELCIR musicians go on their first musical expedition to Northern Deanery
From August 3-8, 2023, a group of ELCIR musicians from Vyborg, Petrozavodsk, Rzhev, and St. Petersburg, traveled to the ELCIR congregations in Kalevala and Segezha, Karelia, starting off from, and coming back to, Petrozavodsk, the capital of Karelia. The musical expedition was undertaken in connection with the First Summer Festival of Sacred Music … [Read more...]
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